Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-02-14
HOUSE,.
WIND AND WATER.
Fearful state ofThlngs in the " est-Loss
OF Lie ea'ed IN MOntaua-A Cyclone
in O"iO and lndiaua-Earthquake in
Iowa.
CHICAG0 Feb II


A special from Livingston. Mont, says
Th. re Is serious apprehe nsion that there will
be an appalling loss OF hum lives in Mon
tans Snow gan falling IN the middle of
November. There is now more on the ground
than at any time during the pa ten years.
Most Of the stage roads are entirely closed
up, and trains are running at irregular inter-
walls, some being four and five days apart.
The supply Ut fuel is almost exhausted. Three
days ago coal was selling at $50 y ton at
Fort Benton, and now 1t can hardly be pur.
chased at less price. The snow Is drtited to
enormous depths, and people living at noun
tain bases are in lmmiuent danger Of meeting
q horrible fate beneath an avalanche or
fire.. Zing to death. ouould another prutracted
storm occur, it is believed hundreds would
succunb 10 Its terrors. AT it is, more peo-
pie have been frozen to death TINS winter
than for quarter of century The snow
will be long time disappearing as solid
sheet oI ice an inch thick formed over it late
in January. and since that time nearly two
feet have fallen. The cold has been intense,
varying from 40 below at Livingston and He
lena 10 60 below at Fort Shaw and Fort As
slnsboine. In the vicinity of Little Jennie
and Grand Central mines on Bald moungaln
the snow is eight feet deep on a level, and
A YAH kton, OAK, despatch says The
unusually severe winter and the large
amount of snow which has fallen on the Mis-
souri slope from the Yellowstone country to
Omaha are the causes of grave apprehen-
sion of overtluws and undations of the bot
tom lands along the river for 200 miles
above and below this city. The river Is
very low, and where there IS no current the
ice measures 1--WE feet in thickness. Ia the
channel tour feet is the average thickness.
The Indians who make their home in the
Missouri bottoms above this city are moving
to the hills, claiming that the water will be
higher than at any time since 1881, when the
water covered the low lands for 80 days.
A Canton. O., dispatch saws: At Louis
Vile, five miles east, cyclone wave struck
the town with terrific force yesterday, and
did considerable damage. TIE storm cloud
came with an ominous roar, that thrilled the
ueople with fear. No one was hurt, but
many people were overcome with alarm
Fences and trees were moved down like
reeds. houses unrooted, shutters and gates
torn from their hinges, window glass broken
and chimneys blown down. The slate roof
on the large Catholic church was badly shut
tered, ana the roof of the convent school ad-
Joining was lifted off in an instant. Two
minutes of the roar and crash and the cyclone
had gone on eastward in its mad flight. The
thousand dollars.
A cvclone visited the southern part of
Shelbvville. Ind, yesterday morning. II
was preceded by a wind that was like long
continued peals of thunder, then of a sudden,
in one spot of the sky seen a rushing,
twisting whirling motion, and a sound ike
the explosion of bomb was heard, and the
heavens were illuminated. At this instant
the TWO story block barn of is0m Wray was
almost completely demolished. The root
was torn off, hurled away and the second
story walls were all pushed out. With this
freak of fury the elements subsided, and not
another piece of property was touched. Nc
lives are reported to have been lost.
An earthquake shock was felt at Warren
Ia, last night during storm. tie ground
eemed 10 trsmbe, buildings were shakei
pr. ceptibly aud great alarm was excited
among the people The shock was noticed
slightly at Hamilton, Ill.
At Wheeling, w. Va, heavy wind ant
rain storm occurred yesterday, unroodng the
Third PRESBYTERIAN church IN the oth ward,
and the Mound City Botel at Moundsvile
Considerable damage was also done to ths
Benwood public building and many chimney'
and roots were injured.
A special to the Daily News from For
Wayne saws: the food now exceeds al
previuus records. The water in the three
rlvers-St. Joseph. ST. Mary's and Maumee
has risen Sc inches since O'Clock yester
dsv afternoon and still rising at the rate OF
an inch an hour. The city is entirely cut of
from communication by the wagon roads
with the country north, and the water is nov
even with the ties of the Lake Shore and
Muncie railroad. and is threatening the
wholesale destruction of bridges. score
of families who had deemed their homes safe
from the inroads of the flood were removed
TODAY with difficulty. The street commits
sioners estimate the damage to the sewers a
$4,000. 80
DETROIT, Mich, Feb. l3.
A de spstch from Minnesota shows little
encoursgement for the food sufferers q
LYONS. The water has been rising slowly
today and the damage to buildings continues
Today the water carried away parts OF Con
nell mill and it, complete destruction II
feared.